Hadn't started but were looking into Ronald Dahl.
DD6 loved "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl. I haven't seen her gobble up a book like that in awhile (she woke up at 5am to finish it). We followed that up with "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator" which was also well received.
She raced through all 5 books in the Wimpy Kid series right around spring break. She loves a good series. It's the collector in her.
She also really liked "The Familiars" by Adam Jay Epstein (a recommendation I got from someone on this site).
I find if I let dd choose books herself, she will always select down from her reading levels (Ivy and Bean, Thea Stilton, graphic novels about various Super Heroes). While I don't mind some of that in terms of reading for pleasure, I do sometimes nudge her to try books I've selected (especially ones I've read about on this site). It's a fine line - because I want her to have some independence to choose what she reads - but I also want her to keep herself challenged.
